[DTogo]

Long before becoming a parent, Jimmy was a laborer. He hasn't worked in nearly two years. The medication he takes to counter his depression leaves him too sleepy, he said. "Still wouldn't have any money even if I did have a job," he said. "I'd have to pay somebody to watch him all the time I was at work." He and his son subsist on his monthly disability check. "I get $628. The rent's $400. After you pay the gas and the electric bill, that don't leave a lot left over." Despite his heavy jacket, the child looked cold. His nose was running as his father thanked a middle-aged man who gave them some change. "It's not easy doing this all by myself," he said. "You got to be the mom and dad. You got to remember all the appointments. " Things were easier before his girlfriend walked out in December, four months after giving birth, leaving Jimmy as the boy's sole provider.

I feel sorry for the kid: this man is unmarried an apparently unable to work, why is he bringing a child into the world?

[LYSandra]

I have seen here in Helena the panhandlers stay in the motel by the Albertsons store and then work the entrance to the store in shifts and you can see them walk across the lot to the motel and go in! I have also directed some to the God's Love which is a place they will let them stay and eat etc until they get on their feet. None of them want directions to there they want JUST $$$. Being the capital city we have ALL the giveaway programs but they just want the $ and one day I got chased with a grocery cart by a lady wantng money and I directed her to the God's Love. She was swearing at me and coming at me with her cart - I threw it into drive and took off! I have problems feeling sorry for them. The new thing too is young couples - too lazy to work so they panhandle-saw them get out of a relatively new car park it a few blocks away grab their cardboard signs and "go to work" begging!

[Grammy]

"I'd have to pay somebody to watch him all the time I was at work."


Not true. My daughter is the director of a day care and there are several programs that will assist you with child care costs.

[Huck]

The medication he takes to counter his depression leaves him too sleepy, he said

But he's not too sleepy to panhandle. What a friggin loser. No wonder he's depressed. He's a lazy, ignorant loser.